An official visit of President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov to Japan will begin tomorrow. Top-level talks in Tokyo are expected to identify priorities and vectors of further development of cooperation between Turkmenistan and Japan. Evidence of keen mutual interest is the decision to open the Embassy of Turkmenistan in Japan in accordance with the Special Decree issued by President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov in May this year.

Oil refining, innovation telecommunications and communications infrastructure, medicine and healthcare and science and technology were identified as the key sectors of Turkmen economy in which the best international practices, including those of Japan, are in high demand. The versatile programme of the official visit of President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov to the Japanese metropolis includes talks with the leadership of the friendly country – Emperor Akihito and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and meetings with top managers of the major Japanese companies.

The documents aimed at building up cooperation in the fuel and energy sector, which is the strategic area for Turkmen-Japanese cooperation, are to be signed in Tokyo. The Japanese side has put forward business proposals on possible cooperation in the construction of the plants producing polyethylene, polypropylene, sulfuric acid and other industrial products as well as other promising joint projects in Turkmenistan. The aspects of economic cooperation between Turkmenistan and Japan aimed at developing the most optimal forms of interaction are put on the agenda the Business Forum, which will be held in Tokyo.